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La Bruyère
[ la bry-yer ]
noun
- Jean de [zhah, n, d, uh], 1645–96, French moralist and author.
La Bruyère
/ la bryjɛr /
noun
- La BruyèreJean de16451696MFrenchPHILOSOPHY: moralist Jean de (ʒɑ̃ də). 1645–96, French moralist, noted for his Caractères (1688), satirical character studies, including portraits of contemporary public figures
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La Bruyère also says, "There is a certain mediocrity that helps to make a man appear wise."
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"A man possessing the highest order of mind is, nevertheless, unequal," says La Bruyère.
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Could such a genius as Balzac be accused of plagiarism because he expressed a thought practically in the very words of La Bruyère?
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The changes in them are the changes that Prior or La Bruyère themselves made and approved.
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Everything has been said,” wrote La Bruyère, concerning the works of the pen, “and we can only glean after the poets.
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